Notes: A children's ride-on machine in Sega's "Wakuwaku" line. Only released in Japan.

August:

UFO Segasonic, a catcher machine on Sega's UFO board, is released in Japan. It's the same model as the UFO Catcher Mini, which was introduced
in December, 1991. The unit features a unique payout function that rewards the player with a small consolation prize even if they miss their
target (this feature can be disabled via dip switch). The machine was developed by Sega Mechatro.

Notes: Like Sonic 1, the music is composed by Masato Nakamura of Dreams Come True. The game's ending theme inspired the song "Sweet Sweet
Sweet" in DCT's The Swinging Star album, released just a few days before the game on November 14.

Notes: On the release date, three chartered planes packed with copies of the game were welcomed by 50 costumed Sonics at Heathrow Airport.

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A series of "Sonic the Hedgehog" comics begins appearing in Shogaku Yonensei (fourth-grade student) magazine, a long-running children's
publication from Shogakukan. The comic, written by Kenji Terada and illustrated by Sango Morimoto, centers around the young hedgehog boy Nikki, who
is able to transform into the superhero Sonic the Hedgehog. With his buddy Tails, he fights against the evil ambitions of Dr. Eggman. Nikki's "real
world" friends include his pal Little John, his girlfriend Amy (who inspired the videogame equivalent Amy Rose), a lizard bully named Anton Beruuka
with his pet Mad, Charmy Bee (who inspired the Charmy that would later appear in Chaotix), and Nikki's family: Brenda (his mother), Paulie
(his father), and Anita (his little sister).